Quantifying the environmental advantages of large-scale computing

2010 International Conference on Green Computing, Green Comp 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 269-280

  Anagnostopoulou, Vlasia ^a   Saadeldeen, Heba ^a   Chong, Frederic T ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Environment; Life cycle analysis; Power

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS APPLICATIONS; CARBON PRODUCTION; CLOUD COMPUTING; DATA CENTERS; ENVIRONMENT; LARGE-SCALE COMPUTING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PAY-AS-YOU-GO; POWER; SCALABLE COMPUTING;

COST ACCOUNTING; GROWTH (MATERIALS);

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 78449311601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GREENCOMP.2010.5598304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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